Tenements, flats and high rises across Glasgow are doing their best to recycle - but just how successful are those grey food caddies rolled out over the last few months?

That’s the topic of conversation among Glasgow Reddit users this week as they get to grips with recycling food waste straight from the kitchen to a dedicated bin in the back court.

For some, those biodegradable bags are proving a problem - one Redditer wrote: “This is doing my box in. I’m happy to recycle and look after the environment. When the grey bins came I was thrilled that I could recycle something new in my pathetic little life. I feel like I’m eating more fruit and drinking more tea just to contribute to the scheme.

“But every time I go to empty it, no matter how careful I’ve been not to overfill it, the bag has disintegrated and I’m left with what smells like week old bong water dribbling over my kitchen floor.

“Every time it happens I feel like taking an unnecessary flight just to up my carbon footprint in revenge.”

It’s a common complaint - smelly liquid lurking at the bottom of the caddy or gathering in the bin outside. Another Glaswegian posted: “The big bin outside my flat is a big mess. It’s now a soup of juice, blood, fat … whatever people are putting in there. For whatever reasons all the bags are leaking.”

Others say they’re emptying their caddies before the dreaded leakage happens - and that the bags are biodegradable for a reason.

Caddies are in the process of being rolled out to 187,000 homes across Glasgow and Scott Armstrong, GCC recycling manager, admited that “there will be challenges, particularly when access to the buildings is not always guaranteed”.

This week, a GCC spokeswoman added: “There are challenges but we’re making good progress.

“In terms of the liners, our advice to residents is not to overfill the bags. Also, it’s not essential for the liners to be tied before they go into the grey communal food waste bins.

“The leaflet provided to residents along with the caddies and liners explains how to use the new service, including handy tips.”

Next on the agenda are blue recycling bags, also being rolled out to flats to allow you to carry paper, cans and plastic bottles to the back court blue bin. Around 86,000 have been delivered so far, mainly in the north of the city, and it’s hoped that all of them will be in place by August.